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That's a deep shelf. I'd work out hanging the supports from the rafters. Or you could use the brackets or unistrut for the back, spaced so your cages fit between, and build a front support. For my setup I hung 2 rebars lengthwise by chains attached to the rafters and and placed the cages on...

Fresh parsley is my first solution when a bunny goes off feed, either by wool block or something undefined. That and fresh dandelion are eagerly accepted and seem to get their guts going again.

My cages are all wire cubes designed to be placed on a structure. This allows for 1. flexibility of placement (some cages are square, some rectangular, some smaller some larger) and mostly 2. for the complete cleanout. I can take the cage down, put it in the yard away from the rabbitry, and...

what do you do with the box?

That's how we got into Americans, for meat and to preserve the breed. I did show some, enjoyed it a lot until I lost a beautiful white doe who'd won three legs to e. cuniculi contracted from a show. My first American Blue buck came from California, in the American Drift of 2010. He was bred by...

So sad. Those smart high character ones are unforgetable.

Southwest Missouri Do you show your Americans?

I raise American Blues and Whites. I just culled four bucks from the buck run. They were so strong and healthy, and a few of them were beauties. Now on to the does. Some of these American Blues are show quality but I really have to pare down. Anybody interested in American Blues, 6 months old...

It's a grass afterall. We got some from a man in Missouri who manages many kinds of bamboo on a fairly small property and the key word is 'manage'. He mows or brush-hogs lanes between the cultivars and it keeps them contained. This is true. There is a novelty plant sold in Asian stores called...

It's a machine that's programmed to handle the whole process. The brand is Harvest Right. It's pretty noisy for our kitchen, we have it in a separate building.

I've been cooking up the rabbits in the freezer to make way for Fall culls. Trying out recipes for dinner and freeze drying the leftovers. Love that freeze dryer!

Does anybody feed banana leaves?

We call this Jerusalem Artichoke here in the US and YES it's so easy to grow and the rabbits love it. Also sunflower leaves, another big easy plant.

I made this with cut up rabbit a la buttermeats in the crockpot and it turned out great. I didn't have any sherry wine so I used half/half sherry vinegar/water. I also didn't have any paprika or Tabasco so I left them both out out and subbed cayenne. Imperial Chicken 2 broilers halved/pieces...

What about bamboo? Siberian Pea Shrub? Leucana (tree alfalfa)? www.lucernetreefarm.wordpress.com